Mr Ehret Fun Facts
Marissa!
In _____, the main character and his mistress attempt to commit suicide, only to end in a more tragic fate.
Ethan Frome
In this story, a married couple's day ends in heartbreak, all while wearing a rather large hat.
Birthday Party
Whether or not you can trust the narrator
Reliable or Unreliable narrator
Author disappears into one of the characters, tells story from their perspective
First Person POV
True or False: Mr. and Mrs. Ehret met outside of Monacan while Mrs. Ehret was working elsewhere.
False! They met at Monacan. Go Chiefs!
What is the name of this "opiate of the masses" in Brave New World, used to maintain societal stability and happiness?
Soma
Lockwood is a new Tenant to Heathcliffe in _____?
Wuthering Heights!
Replacing a word or phrase with a related one
Ex: "The Crown" rather than monarchy
Metonymy
Third person, narrator's knowledge and prerogatives are unlimited
Omniscient POV
True or False: Mr. Ehret is left-handed
True! But due to injury, he has had to learn to be right-handed.
What is Amir's relation to Hassan?
They are half brothers.
This mad scientist's experiment takes his friends on a journey through time.
Dr Heddiger
What does the phrase "immedias res" mean in the context of this class?
Story begins in the middle of things.
The tone, written/unspoken opinion or point that author is trying to convey
Narratorial Voice
What is Mr Ehret's Middle name?
Douglas
What is the name of Janie's best friend?
Pheoby Watson
In Interpreter of Maladies, ____ is attacked by a herd of monkeys after negligently leaving a trail of snacks behind him.
Bobby (The Das's son)
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Ex: Stars and stripes rather than American Flag
Synecdoche
Only from viewpoint of one character in the story, knows more about character than they do themselves, but nothing about others
Third person Limited
What state was Mr. Ehret born in?
Ohio!
His limp.
Zora Neale Hurston, most known for her use of dialect in her writings, wrote _______?
The Gilded Six Bits
Addressing something non-human as if it were human
Apostrophe
Narrator disappears into a kind of moving sound camera, can only record what is seen/heard, offers no comment, interpretation, or enter a characters mind
Objective POV